Red Robin Diner

Breakfast is way over price. One egg cost five dollars. Try four seasons on cottman ave. they have much better deals.

Based on the review by Jon C. we tried breakfast at this diner. Breakfast was good, place was clean and service was excellent. The place was filled with customers. Our server was very pleasant and meal was served promptly.

Diner sucks. Me and wifey went for breakfast and got burnt potatoes and eggs. Feta cheese tasted like it came out of a plastic bucket. Then you have a hairy meatball seating customers (too much hair for restaurant business). My wife ask for a large oj and they bring over a shot of juice out of a carton. The extra large is a regular size which is a rip off its $ 3. This was my first and last time. Waitress had to ask to use the restroom and then was told to hurry up. I don’t know if the meatball is the owner or whoever he is needs to show respect for self customers and employees.

Most of the the reviews below seem to be from before dramatic improvements have been made. I enjoy the diner — particularly the breakfast specials — principally because the food is good, the service is good, and the diner is clean.
Good food. Great Coffee. Friendly service.
(The French toast is my favorite in the city.)

went with my husband the night before they were closed for memorial day. we knew we’d be out by the time they closed because we were just getting breakfast, stuff that takes five minutes to whip up. we weren’t aware they’d be closing when we got there, but the hostess still sat us graciously. the waitress therese really didn’t like that! got super huffy, threw her little check pad on the counter, and practically threw my coffee on the table to the point that it spilled everywhere (no apology of course; she left me to clean that up, which i did because i wasn’t raised by wolves, unlike her).
got our food. they serve french fries with eggs instead of home fries if you go after breakfast time, which is gross. they should warn you on the menu. who eats french fries with scrambled eggs???
through our very brief meal, the waitress made a huge show of how victimized she was for having to serve customers while the restaurant was still open. another car pulled up in the lot and she lost it, announcing «i’m not serving any more tables!» to the hostess loud enough for us and the other remaining table to hear. we ate our crappy food and got the hell out of there. this place is really subpar – doesn’t take cards in the year 2015, tiny portions, weird sides if the cooks don’t feel like making the usual ones, different rolls/​bread every time you go in there – and this was the final nail in the coffin. i’ll gladly head up the ave to mayfair diner from now on.
ironically, my husband is a sailor. in her haste to start her day off, she mistreated a service member when the reason that holiday exists is in remembrance of men and women like him that were killed in the line of duty. the place really needs a night manager. the hostess seemed afraid to put her foot down. oh well. hope you enjoyed your tip – it was based off of your professionalism, which was also totally absent :)

I’m not coming back here. They are cash only, which I was aware of, but the asshole at the register, the younger looking meatball, wouldn’t break our twenties not willing
us at all. Because of him, our waitress got.a.smaller tip because I
more to give since i had to use all my. money towards the bill instead of getting change back. The guy SHOULD have helped the customer instead of making things difficult and being arrogant. He lost the diner 4 custoners todsy, way to go.

I ordered a fried oyster platter and have Been feeling nausea for the last three days. The oysters were very slimming and fell away from the crust. would not go there again

To make a short story long… here ya go… me and my friend Frank were bar hopping and after closing time we would always go to The Mayfair Dinner because to me they always had the best Chipped beef on toast… so we went there and there was a big line… so we said well let’s go to The Red Robin dinner… so we get a booth and look at the menu and the waitress comes and takes our order… Frank orders eggs and whatever… and i ordered the chipped beef on toast and Frank gave me such a dirty look… so when she left Frank kind of yelled at me and said… NOW WHY THE HELL DID YOU ORDER THAT FOR… you know your just gonna get mad because you love The Mayfair Dinner Chipped Beef… so anyway our food comes… Frank is just staring at me to see how i like the SOS and it tasted better than The Mayfair Dinner and i said that and he said let me try it and he did and we were hooked: o)…OK now here comes the punch line… the one thing they did wrong with it was they put one piece of toast on top of the other… now that is wrong… they need to be side by side and the one slice cut… the way the Mayfair dinner does it and every other dinner in the world… so anyway… so one week later we were back for our chipped beef on toast… and i said to the waitress… i would like the toast Side by Side… and we thought all would be fine… here she comes with our order… and this is what we got… our Chipped beef on toast with the same two pieces of toast on top of each other and a side order of two pieces of toast …:o)

Red Robin dinner is OK… It’s not great even as dinner fair goes, but it’s edible. It’s where I go after a night out at 3AM. When you don’t really care what you eat because everything is amazing.

I am visiting from Texas and my family of 5 and I decided to go to Red Robin Diner for breakfast before I left. Firstly, we arrived there and a rude woman calling us to seat us (from very far away) was visibly annoyed we couldn’t hear her… instead of simply walking over and greeting us to seat us. We were then seated in a pretty small table so we requested from one of the waitresses to move to a larger table. We walked over to a round table with 5 chairs that she said we could sit at … The same RUDE woman walked over and said we were not allowed to sit there that it was reserved for 6 people. There 5 chairs there… And the people sitting next to them were a party of 5. Needless to say we walked of there pretty insulted by the lack of customer service from that woman and took our business to Mayfair diner where they treated us great.

Well this review is based on a one time visit. I do believe i may have been here long ago but dont remember lol. I was up all night and a friend asked me to go with her somewhere. So since i was up but sleep derprived i went. Of course it turned into more than one just stop. We stopped here right before lunch time. I had wanted to go to the Diner a a few blocks up but went with her recommendation. I found the food to be pretty good and decently priced. Both of our orders came out to be under $ 20 and thats with the tip. Service was quick and we were attended to quickly. Our orders came out pretty quick to. I really enjoyed the Home Fries and in fact i was going to take some home but changed my mind last second. The waitress was nice although she seemed like she has been around since the sinking of the Titanic. One thing that caught us off guard is that they dont take plastic. Luckily my friend just had enough cash on hand to cover the bill and leave a appropriate tip.

Omg! So depression when im there, people who run it are Russian and they have brought there bleakness to philly! The food is just very OK, but everytime im there I want to stick a fork in my eye… good to eat if you’re in you’re «Dark place» in life lol

Not bad but not the best. Went last year for breakfast with my husband and the kids. The kids seemed to like the food. They have good specials and kids eat free on certaindays. Good prices. The wait staff don’t seem very friendly/​welcoming but hopefully that’s changed in the past year.

Not the best of diners but it’s better than the IHOP down the road. Got the Philadelphia omlette that was lacking in cream cheese. ;(

I’ve been going here since I was a kid. I love this place! The staff is very friendly, mostly everything is homemade, and it’s affordable!
Worst thing about this place, their salads. For some reason the salads are always water logged.

I walked in and began to suspect that I was not going to enjoy my stay. I came in, alone, right in front of another sole diner and apparently both of us arriving simultaneously was more than the surly hostess wanted to handle in the relatively empty diner. After a moment of hesitation she told me that my table was all the way to the end and left me to fare for myself while she escorted the other diner to his spot in the other direction.
I sat in the last table in the room we were in. Apparently she’d meant all the way into the next room and her consternation was apparent when she came over to explain to me the error. She asked if I would move, and I might have done so even though I was happily settled but I guess she realized how silly that would have been and she reconsidered and told me to stay.
My server was right on her heels and asked me for my drink order. I asked for an iced coffee. She shook her head to tell me that I didn’t want to do that. She explained that it would be watery because they merely put ice cubes into hot coffee and the end result is watery and gross. (I have occasionally resorted to asking for a coffee and a glass of ice at places that don’t offer and as I am not a real coffee connoisseur to begin with I am usually satisfied with the result if not the process.) This time I took the cue from my server and changed the order to iced tea. She then expressed a willingness to do the iced coffee if I really wanted it. I told her the iced tea would be fine.
Adam’s Diner Pet Peeve #1. Hiding Splenda. I have never price comparison shopped for artificial sweeteners and maybe my personal tastes color this but who uses sweet-​n-​low anymore? If you’re going to scrimp on a sweetener lose the pink and keep the yellow.
This place takes it to extremes. The do not even have the customary tub of sweetener assortments on the tables. I had to request my sweetener of choice and FAIL they do not have any Yellow. At least I can stomach the Blue stuff because that’s what I got. On consideration, I would be fine with not having the sweeteners left sitting on the tables (an anti-​theft measure?) if they also have the full selection.
My server brought me my iced tea and from a secret pocket extracted a couple of Equal packets. She asked me for my order. I ordered a sausage and cheddar omelet. Once again I got the headshake. She whispered to me that the cheddar was not real. I understood what she meant but she clarified, it’s wiz. I modified my order to American.
Adam’s Diner Pet Peeve #2. Using «Butter Blend» instead of butter. How much money are you really saving? That stuff tastes like crap and ruins much of the food you’re preparing. While I am less discerning with regard to what was used to make sure the omelet doesn’t stick to the pan because it is cooked away (i maintain a real butter omelet tastes better though) I cannot stand the taste of margarine on toast.
This place PASSED on PP#2. I ordered my Rye toast with real butter. I saw my server about to shake her head but she acceded. She did warn me the real butter would be hard but at least she had it.
Adam’s Diner Tip #1: when the butter is right out of the fridge and is too hard for spreading you can massage it while it’s still in the package. That’s right. Massage it. Gently knead the butter packets with your thumbs of fingers until its consistency softens and then you can open it and use it.
Adam’s Diner Pet Peeve #3. «Fake» Rye bread. If it is shaped like a loaf of white it is not rye even if the bag says it is.
This place PASSED on the rye test. It was oval shaped and nice and chewy and flavorful like a good rye should be. In conjunction with the real butter I was a happy camper.
My omelet came out pretty quickly and it was acceptable. The sausage was perhaps a little too crusty (as in overcooked?) but the taste was decent the cheese was melted and the egg was cooked through but not over cooked. The potatoes were decent and reasonably tasty. Both needed seasoning but at least they still have the salt and pepper shakers on the table.
Adam’s Diner Pet Peeve #4: Mustard. Why is ketchup abundant but they always have to send search parties out for the mustard. I acknowledge that I am weird but I happen to like adding mustard to my sausage omelet. I feel it enhances the flavor of the sausage. I like to have this mustard on my entire omelet and not only on the half that is left when the mustard finally arrives. While we’re at it on the condiment gripes, the condiment should ALWAYS precede the order to the table. ALWAYS. Nobody wants to postpone eating their hot meal while they wait for condiments.
This place FAILed on both Ketchup and mustard but was quick to resolve on both counts.
Adam’s Diner Pet Peeve #5: CASH ONLY or CREDIT CARD MINIMUM CHARGES. Come on people. This is the 21^st fucking century. Many people do not carry cash anymore. FAIL

I used to come here a lot when I was a kid, but after re-​experiencing this place as an adult, you couldn’t pay me to go back. All in one occasion, they gave me a caesar salad with Italian dressing instead of caesar as the default, a plate of pasta that was slathered in plan marinara sauce, rather than actual pasta sauce, with a side of «bread» that was the same as the kaiser rolls they put on their sandwiches. It’s like they just threw the meal together based on things that were lying around rather than actually figuring out how to do it right. Tried the strawberry shortcake afterwards thinking «well they can’t possibly mess up shortbread with strawberries and whipped cream on top,» but the thing tasted like it had been sitting on the shelf for days.
Sorry Red Robin. You might have been good when I was a kid, but not anymore.

It’s alright.
We used to go here after all of our Little Flower or North Catholic dances. The waitresses just loved us. Sense sarcasm? You should have.
The waitresses and waiters look like they rather be anywhere else in the world but there. Which hey, it’s not my problem. You’ll wait a while and risk the chance of a cigarette butt being in your food!

This place is right around the corner from my house, but convenience alone couldn’t get me to ever go in there again.
Easily some of the rudest waiters I have ever had in my life and the food was pretty gross.
I honestly don’t know what happened to this diner. It used to be one of the best but over the last few years it has taken a complete nose dive. Its really a shame.

This is a really nice place. Very clean and well kept. The layout style, while it fits the normal diner feel, is different.
I’ve been there twice with my gf at the time and we both enjoyed the food.
I was surprise with the result considering how many bad reviews i saw before me.